Re: What's the last book you read or bought?

Very cool punk!

I recently finished reading the Exorcist. It was a damn good book, it can be pretty addictive once you start. The only complaint is how Christian it is, but it's still good read barring my personal beliefs.

I picked up the novel of The Lords of Salem fromt he bookstore yesterday, looked pretty cool.

I decided to starting reading Dean Koontz's Demon Seed. Everyone recommended Watchers as a first Koontz read, but the premise just sounds silly. Demon Seed is much shorter, and it has a more interesting premise (at least to me). So I'll give it a shot and if I like it maybe I will get to Watchers.

Re: What's the last book you read or bought?

Theli wrote:

Very cool punk!

I recently finished reading the Exorcist. It was a damn good book, it can be pretty addictive once you start. The only complaint is how Christian it is, but it's still good read barring my personal beliefs.

I picked up the novel of The Lords of Salem fromt he bookstore yesterday, looked pretty cool.

I decided to starting reading Dean Koontz's Demon Seed. Everyone recommended Watchers as a first Koontz read, but the premise just sounds silly. Demon Seed is much shorter, and it has a more interesting premise (at least to me). So I'll give it a shot and if I like it maybe I will get to Watchers.

I received an autographed copy of Lords of Salem in my VIP goody bag from TX Frightmare. I haven't read it yet. Been scared to touch it since it has Rob's signature on it. LOL I love me some Rob. Please let me know if it's good and I'll risk it.

Re: What's the last book you read or bought?

kXnPunk wrote:

Theli wrote:

The only complaint is how Christian it is,

The main reason why I hate this fucking movie.

I don't let shit like that get to me much. I read the whole bible and I am atheist. I have also read tons of other religious texts and stories (modern and ancient), I don't take them too seriously, but like ghost stories and other supernatural tales, you don't need to believe to be entertained. I like mythologies and legends. What does get on my nerves sometimes is some pretty overt messages of atheism being wrong or the constant feeling like a book is trying to convert me. Not really the case with The Exorcist but at times it felt a bit like that.

Like I said though it is a great story and extremely well written and an addictive read.

Re: What's the last book you read or bought?

Sherri576 wrote:

Theli wrote:

Very cool punk!

I recently finished reading the Exorcist. It was a damn good book, it can be pretty addictive once you start. The only complaint is how Christian it is, but it's still good read barring my personal beliefs.

I picked up the novel of The Lords of Salem fromt he bookstore yesterday, looked pretty cool.

I decided to starting reading Dean Koontz's Demon Seed. Everyone recommended Watchers as a first Koontz read, but the premise just sounds silly. Demon Seed is much shorter, and it has a more interesting premise (at least to me). So I'll give it a shot and if I like it maybe I will get to Watchers.

I received an autographed copy of Lords of Salem in my VIP goody bag from TX Frightmare. I haven't read it yet. Been scared to touch it since it has Rob's signature on it. LOL I love me some Rob. Please let me know if it's good and I'll risk it.

That's a pretty sweet grab! I dunno I never read any of my signed books. Just leave them on the shelf to collect dust. But i'll let you know when I get to it.

Re: What's the last book you read or bought?

I just finished off Dean Koontz's Demon Seed. First off this is an early book in Koontz's catalog, it was originally published in 1973, then when a film was made it was re-printed in '77 for the last time. Later Koontz rewrote the book and released the new version. I was reading the original version. It's the story of a woman who is trapped inside her automated house which has gained sentience and is developing a personality. Ultimately the sentient computer that is her house is trying to impregnate her so that the machine can tranfer it's consciousness to a living vessel. Pretty cool book, great concept, but at times it falls flat, and seems to go back scenes of robo-rape repetitively. It's a short read though so anything that may get annoying doesn't last long. I dig it.

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I went on a spending splurge and bought ten books off of Amazon. I've been working and putting a lot of money into savings this year, so I feel I deserve the treat. I can't wait to receive these in the mail and immediately start reading. Here they are:

Black Holes: A Traveler's Guide by Clifford Pickover (his books are ALWAYS a blast to read)History of Religious Ideas, Vol. 1: From The Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries by Mircea Eliade The Greatest Show On Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard DawkinsCivilization and its Discontents by Sigmund FreudApology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates by PlatoThe Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries by Wasson, Hoffman, & RuckThe Farther Reaches of Human Nature by Abraham MaslowThe Earth, The Gods, and The Soul - A History of Pagan Philosophy: From The Iron Age to the 21st Century by Brendan MyersSacred Mushrooms - Secrets of Eleusis by Carl Ruck

I will update everyone on each book as I read it in the other "what are you reading?" thread.

Re: What's the last book you read or bought?

Just DLed the Tom Savini book Grande Illusions. I had an original printing but several years ago, like a complete and utter fool, I traded it off for what I thought was going to be collector's editions of Last House on Dead End Street and Emannuelle and the Last Cannibals DVDs, but which turned out to be badly duped VHS copies of them instead.

Anyhoo, good read, with Savini going into generous detail on his most famous FX gags, covering his first film (Death Dream) all the way up to his most recent film at the time he wrote the book, Creepshow.